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The management of Urbine Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine that would cost $310,000 would last for 5 years, and would have no salvage value. The machine would reduce labor and other costs by $74,000 per year. the company requires a minimum pretax return of 12% on all investment projects. (ignore income taxes in this problem). The net present value of the proposed project is closest to:

a. $43,230

b. $3,230

c. $65,910

d. $20,550

Net Present Value:

The net present value method is one of the capital budgeting techniques used for evaluating a capital budget, others being, internal rate of return method, profitability index method, payback period method etc. This method is also preferred where the firm is required to choose a single project out of mutually exclusive projects.

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The calculated net present value of the proposed project is closest to option a. -$43,230.

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